the_o order_n for_o the_o visitation_n of_o the_o sick_a the_o say_v particular_a absolution_n be_v read_v his_o majesty_n exceed_o well_o approve_v it_o add_v that_o it_o be_v apostolical_a and_o a_o very_a good_a ordinance_n in_o that_o it_o be_v give_v in_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n to_o one_o that_o desire_v it_o upon_o the_o clear_n of_o his_o conscience_n and_o herein_o the_o english_a church_n be_v associate_v by_o her_o sister_n church_n of_o the_o reformation_n the_o augustan_n confession_n the_o church_n ought_v to_o impart_v absolution_n unto_o such_o as_o have_v recourse_n unto_o repentance_n 12._o ecclesia_fw-la redeuntibus_fw-la ad_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la impertire_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la debeat_fw-la harm_n confess_v s._n 8._o &_o quòd_fw-la absolutio_fw-la privata_fw-la in_o ecclesiis_fw-la retinenda_fw-la sit_fw-la ib._n art_n 12._o and_o that_o private_a absolution_n be_v to_o be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n 5._o absolutionem_fw-la ex_fw-la potestate_fw-la clavium_fw-la &_o remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la per_fw-la ministerium_fw-la evangelii_n à _fw-la christo_fw-la institutum_fw-la singuli_fw-la expetere_fw-la possint_fw-la &_o à _fw-la deo_fw-la svo_fw-la consequi_fw-la se_fw-la sciant_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la haec_fw-la à _fw-la ministris_fw-la eye_n praestantur_fw-la accipere_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la tanquam_fw-la rem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la ad_fw-la commodandum_fw-la ipsis_fw-la &_o salutariter_fw-la inserviendum_fw-la institutam_fw-la cum_fw-la siducia_fw-la debeant_fw-la &_o remissione_n peccatorum_fw-la sine_fw-la dubitatione_n frui_fw-la secundum_fw-la verbum_fw-la domini_fw-la cui_fw-la peccata_fw-la remiseris_fw-la remittuntur_fw-la harmon_n confess_v c._n 5._o the_o church_n of_o bohemia_n all_o person_n may_v special_o crave_v absolution_n from_o the_o power_n of_o the_o key_n through_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o gospel_n institute_v by_o christ_n and_o may_v know_v for_o certain_a that_o they_o obtain_v the_o same_o from_o their_o god_n and_o when_o it_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o minister_n unto_o they_o they_o ought_v to_o receive_v it_o at_o their_o hand_n with_o confidence_n as_o a_o thing_n institute_v by_o god_n and_o serve_v for_o their_o profit_n and_o salvation_n thereby_o enjoy_v beyond_o all_o question_n forgiveness_n of_o sin_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o sin_n thou_o forgive_v they_o be_v forgive_v and_o the_o saxon_a church_n we_o affirm_v the_o rite_n of_o private_a absolution_n to_o be_v retain_v in_o the_o church_n 16._o affirmamus_fw-la ritum_fw-la privatae_fw-la absolutionis_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la retinendum_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o constant_a retinemus_fw-la propter_fw-la multas_fw-la grave_n causas_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o commonefacere_fw-la nos_fw-la absolutio_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la confirmaâ—e_fw-la sicut_fw-la confirmabatur_fw-la david_n audita_fw-la absolutione_n dominus_fw-la abstulit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tuum_fw-la ità _fw-la tu_fw-la scias_fw-la vocâ—m_fw-la evangelii_n tibi_fw-la quoque_fw-la annunciare_fw-la remissionem_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o absolutione_n tibi_fw-la nominatim_fw-la proponitur_fw-la non_fw-la fingas_fw-la nihil_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la pertinere_fw-la evangelium_fw-la sed_fw-la scias_fw-la ideò_fw-la editum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la salventur_fw-la homines_fw-la side_n amplectentes_fw-la evangelium_fw-la &_o mandatum_fw-la dei_fw-la aeternum_fw-la &_o immotumm_n esse_fw-la ut_fw-la ei_fw-la credas_fw-la art_n 16._o and_o we_o for_o many_o weighty_a cause_n constant_o retain_v the_o same_o of_o this_o belief_n absolution_n ought_v to_o admonish_v we_o and_o to_o confirm_v the_o same_o as_o david_n be_v upon_o the_o hear_n of_o his_o absolution_n the_o lord_n have_v take_v away_o thy_o sin_n so_o may_v thou_o perceive_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o declare_v unto_o thou_o also_o forgiveness_n which_o by_o name_n be_v propose_v unto_o thou_o in_o absolution_n thou_o may_v not_o feign_v the_o gospel_n to_o appertain_v nothing_o unto_o thou_o but_o know_v that_o it_o be_v therefore_o set_v forth_o that_o by_o this_o mean_v man_n by_o faith_n embrace_v the_o gospel_n may_v be_v save_v and_o god_n commandment_n abide_v for_o ever_o and_o never_o to_o be_v remove_v that_o thou_o may_v believe_v the_o same_o so_o the_o transmarine_a church_n herein_o lend_v we_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o fellowship_n and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o power_n of_o lose_v bind_v bind_v thâ—_n other_o part_n of_o their_o office_n and_o power_n be_v in_o bind_v for_o the_o lord_n say_v ambrose_n have_v give_v the_o like_a power_n in_o bind_v as_o in_o lose_v 3._o dominus_fw-la par_fw-fr jus_o &_o solvendi_fw-la voluit_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o ligandi_fw-la qui_fw-la utrumque_fw-la pari_fw-la conditione_n permisit_fw-la ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la solvendi_fw-la jus_o non_fw-la habet_fw-la nec_fw-la ligandi_fw-la habet_fw-la ambr._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr poen_fw-mi c._n 3._o and_o have_v grant_v the_o same_o upon_o the_o like_a condiâ—ion_n therefore_o he_o that_o have_v not_o the_o power_n of_o absolution_n have_v not_o the_o power_n of_o ligation_n thereby_o the_o father_n refute_v the_o novatian_o heretic_n of_o his_o time_n and_o of_o who_o we_o shall_v hear_v some_o news_n anon_o that_o arrogate_a unto_o themselves_o the_o power_n of_o bind_v but_o not_o of_o lose_v and_o affirm_v the_o church_n to_o have_v power_n to_o cast_v out_o a_o sinner_n but_o not_o to_o call_v in_o a_o penitent_a 16._o ligandi_fw-la facultas_fw-la &_o mandatum_fw-la evangelii_n ministris_fw-la datur_fw-la quanquâ—m_fw-la notandum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la evangelio_n esse_fw-la accidentale_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la praeter_fw-la naturam_fw-la calvin_n harm_n in_o matth._n 16._o whereas_o both_o these_o property_n be_v belong_v to_o one_o key_n the_o church_n be_v arm_v with_o this_o power_n though_o loath_a to_o strike_v and_o never_o but_o in_o the_o case_n of_o necessity_n the_o 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be_v find_v no_o cause_n to_o loose_v those_o bond_n insomuch_o that_o whether_o you_o respect_v the_o private_a exercise_n of_o these_o key_n upon_o private_a notice_n of_o a_o sinner_n state_n or_o the_o public_a practic_n thereof_o in_o the_o censure_n of_o the_o church_n the_o ministerial_a power_n of_o bind_v be_v declarative_a only_a or_o apply_v god_n threat_n general_o express_v in_o his_o law_n upon_o refractory_a transgressor_n so_o upon_o the_o point_n the_o priest_n be_v say_v to_o bind_v when_o he_o lose_v not_o and_o as_o induration_n of_o the_o heart_n blind_a of_o the_o eye_n stop_v of_o the_o ear_n etc._n etc._n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o god_n graecè_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d damasc_n orat._n fid_fw-we 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pag._n 127._o graecè_fw-la as_o effect_v and_o work_v the_o same_o but_o permit_v and_o dispense_n therewith_o only_o it_o be_v the_o usual_a guise_n of_o the_o scripture_n to_o 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peter_n seize_v of_o the_o key_n to_o the_o use_n of_o the_o church_n power_n of_o absolution_n confer_v and_o confine_v unto_o priest_n laic_n use_v the_o same_o not_o in_o case_n of_o office_n but_o necessity_n and_o where_o they_o be_v the_o party_n grieve_v bond_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o sin_n only_o loose_v
ever_o do_v so_o and_o we_o can_v imagine_v any_o erroneous_a sentence_n to_o be_v confirm_v above_o sine_fw-la coeli_fw-la infamia_fw-la without_o dishonour_v the_o supreme_a judg._n and_o that_o sometime_o the_o priest_n be_v out_o the_o school_n distinguish_v of_o the_o err_a key_n confirm_v for_o what_o need_n to_o distinguish_v of_o the_o err_a key_n if_o the_o key_n never_o err_v therefore_o lyra_n hedge_v he_o in_o and_o tell_v he_o that_o his_o sentence_n be_v allow_v of_o by_o god_n 20._o hoc_fw-la tamen_fw-la intelligendume_v quando_fw-la judicium_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la divino_fw-la judicio_fw-la conformatur_fw-la lyr._n in_o joan._n c._n 20._o when_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n be_v conformable_a to_o he_o never_o any_o simple_a priest_n have_v be_v so_o arrogant_a as_o to_o assume_v this_o privilege_n to_o be_v infallible_a the_o claim_n whereof_o the_o high-priest_n at_o rome_n have_v make_v his_o prerogative_n but_o what_o will_v you_o say_v if_o the_o pope_n have_v err_v and_o that_o in_o this_o present_a business_n of_o absolution_n and_o eke_o in_o his_o own_o case_n read_v this_o ensue_a story_n you_o that_o be_v devote_v to_o his_o chair_n and_o tell_v i_o how_o you_o like_v it_o pope_n have_v power_n to_o make_v choice_n of_o their_o confessor_n of_o who_o they_o please_v and_o there_o be_v a_o pope_n perceive_v his_o life_n to_o draw_v to_o a_o end_n jubilaeo_fw-la capellano_n svo_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la apostolicam_fw-la contulit_fw-la se_fw-la absolvendi_fw-la sub_fw-la plenaria_fw-la remissione_n ut_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la jubilaeo_fw-la that_o commit_v to_o a_o chaplain_n of_o his_o own_o apostolical_a power_n to_o absolve_v with_o plenary_a authority_n as_o in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o after_o confession_n make_v he_o receive_v absolution_n and_o so_o depart_v this_o life_n not_o many_o day_n after_o he_o appear_v to_o his_o chaplain_n with_o a_o heavy_a look_n and_o in_o a_o mourn_a weed_n and_o be_v demand_v if_o he_o be_v the_o late_a pope_n answer_v yea_o also_o the_o chaplain_n desire_v to_o know_v why_o he_o be_v so_o deject_v in_o countenance_n and_o clothes_n for_o that_o quoth_v the_o pope_n i_o be_o adjudge_v to_o eternal_a death_n be_v it_o possible_a reply_v the_o chaplain_n since_o upon_o thy_o confession_n thou_o receive_v the_o benefit_n of_o plenary_a absolution_n it_o be_v even_o so_o say_v the_o pope_n 30._o supremus_fw-la judex_fw-la absolutionem_fw-la illam_fw-la ratam_fw-la non_fw-la habuit_fw-la spec._n exempl_n do_v 9_o sec._n 30._o because_o the_o high_a judge_n will_v not_o ratify_v that_o absolution_n the_o relator_n tell_v we_o how_o by_o this_o apparition_n god_n will_v let_v we_o know_v that_o if_o it_o be_v so_o in_o the_o green_a wood_n and_o top_n of_o the_o church_n we_o shall_v consider_v what_o may_v fall_v out_o in_o the_o dry_a and_o under_o branch_n thereof_o where_o there_o be_v less_o authority_n that_o although_o god_n and_o the_o pope_n have_v but_o one_o consistory_n yet_o they_o be_v not_o always_o of_o one_o mind_n and_o if_o christ_n confirm_v not_o in_o heaven_n the_o sentence_n of_o his_o vicar_n on_o earth_n we_o may_v well_o doubt_v if_o every_o sir_n john_n absolution_n discharge_v we_o before_o god_n and_o if_o the_o pope_n key_n may_v err_v in_o his_o own_o case_n we_o may_v suspect_v their_o integrity_n in_o other_o man_n and_o so_o we_o see_v the_o second_o link_n in_o this_o sorite_n be_v feeble_a and_o apt_a to_o be_v break_v for_o all_o this_o let_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o sin_n must_v be_v full_o open_v before_o the_o priest_n can_v proceed_v to_o sentence_n and_o that_o he_o can_v not_o proceed_v amiss_o in_o the_o sentence_n of_o absolution_n and_o pardon_n yet_o except_o god_n have_v make_v over_o the_o hear_n of_o all_o sin_n unto_o his_o priest_n 176._o illa_fw-la potestas_fw-la remittendi_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la ita_fw-la intelligenda_fw-la est_fw-la data_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la quasi_fw-la deus_fw-la se_fw-la eâ_fw-la abdicarit_fw-la &_o eam_fw-la prorfùs_fw-la transtulerit_fw-la in_o sacerdotes_fw-la ità _fw-la ut_fw-la in_o absolutione_n non_fw-la deus_fw-la sed_fw-la sacerdos_n remittat_fw-la peccata_fw-la chemnit_fw-la exam_n part_n 2._o p._n 176._o and_o reserve_v none_o to_o himself_o as_o not_o mind_v to_o be_v trouble_v about_o any_o such_o matter_n and_o have_v resolve_v neither_o to_o forgive_v the_o sin_n nor_o give_v the_o audience_n but_o to_o such_o only_a as_o the_o priest_n have_v remit_v the_o argument_n will_v be_v the_o more_o impregnable_a but_o if_o our_o god_n be_v contrary_a mind_a as_o sure_o he_o be_v have_v shut_v out_o no_o sin_n from_o his_o gracious_a audience_n and_o be_v of_o so_o quick_a a_o ear_n as_o to_o hear_v the_o very_a desire_n of_o our_o heart_n and_o so_o swift_a to_o mercy_n as_o to_o prevent_v oral_a confession_n with_o a_o pardon_n how_o loose_o do_v this_o reason_n hang_v the_o present_a greek_a church_n upon_o confidence_n hereof_o address_v herself_o unto_o god_n for_o a_o pardon_n even_o for_o those_o sin_n which_o upon_o some_o cause_n be_v leave_v out_o in_o confession_n thus_o write_v their_o late_a patriarch_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hierem._n patr._n constant_n ad_fw-la tube_v resp._n 1._o c._n 11._o whatsoever_o sin_n the_o penitent_a for_o forgetfulness_n or_o shamefacedness_n do_v leave_n unconfess_v we_o pray_v the_o merciful_a and_o most_o pitiful_a god_n that_o those_o also_o may_v be_v pardon_v unto_o he_o &_o we_o be_v persuade_v that_o they_o shall_v receive_v a_o pardon_n of_o they_o from_o god_n thus_o he_o god_n then_o remit_v sin_n never_o confess_v to_o a_o priest_n and_o ofttimes_o retain_v sin_n that_o be_v confess_v for_o the_o priest_n sentence_n be_v not_o always_o agreeable_a with_o he_o nor_o of_o the_o same_o latitude_n and_o extent_n god_n remit_v whosoever_o the_o priest_n assoil_v if_o he_o proceed_v aright_o and_o many_o more_o 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be_v not_o know_v to_o the_o priest_n if_o they_o be_v not_o repent_v of_o to_o be_v punish_v in_o hell_n fire_n so_o for_o the_o other_o member_n viz._n remission_n of_o sin_n if_o more_o sin_n be_v retain_v by_o god_n than_o be_v by_o the_o priest_n it_o follow_v that_o more_o sin_n be_v forgive_v by_o god_n than_o be_v by_o priest_n also_o for_o be_v it_o far_o from_o we_o to_o think_v that_o god_n shall_v be_v more_o strict_a than_o the_o priest_n in_o retain_v and_o not_o more_o copious_a than_o the_o priest_n in_o pardon_v or_o that_o god_n shall_v exceed_v the_o priest_n in_o detention_n of_o sin_n and_o not_o in_o remission_n no_o no_o god_n be_v rich_a in_o mercy_n and_o though_o in_o mercy_n he_o so_o far_o remember_v justice_n as_o to_o reâ—ain_v more_o sin_n than_o priest_n take_v notice_n of_o yet_o his_o goodness_n be_v so_o great_a as_o to_o forgive_v more_o than_o priest_n be_v able_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o or_o well_o understand_v therefore_o the_o commission_n run_v in_o word_n affirmative_a and_o not_o negative_a as_o if_o the_o remission_n and_o retention_n of_o sin_n make_v by_o the_o
illos_fw-la ad_fw-la confessioâ—em_fw-la hoc_fw-la exemplo_fw-la provoco_fw-la climac_n grad_n 4._o cap._n 2._o wherefore_o by_o this_o example_n i_o will_v stir_v they_o up_o to_o confession_n harpsfield_n cope_n have_v set_v forth_o this_o story_n with_o great_a applause_n and_o tell_v we_o full_a sad_o that_o the_o portugal_n assail_a a_o castle_n in_o the_o east_n indies_n 298._o nulla_fw-la priùs_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la confession_n praeeunte_fw-la gravissimas_fw-la negligentiae_fw-la suae_fw-la poenas_fw-la experli_fw-la sunt_fw-la fele_n &_o mure_n nigerrimi_fw-la tanto_fw-la numero_fw-la támque_fw-la horribiles_fw-la noctu_fw-la apparuerunt_fw-la cop._n dialog_n 2._o pag._n 297_o 298._o come_v off_o with_o great_a loss_n for_o not_o be_v arm_v with_o confession_n and_o of_o a_o certain_a portugal_n to_o who_o in_o the_o night_n there_o appear_v a_o great_a number_n of_o black_a cat_n and_o mouse_n impar_fw-la congressus_fw-la very_o dreadful_a to_o see_v to_o and_o ready_a to_o have_v devour_v he_o 99_o histor_n &_o alia_fw-la impressa_fw-la ante_fw-la alcoran_n p._n 99_o have_v they_o not_o be_v prevent_v by_o his_o prayer_n to_o a_o crucifix_n hang_v in_o the_o room_n and_o his_o vow_n to_o be_v shrive_v with_o all_o speed_n i_o know_v not_o how_o such_o creature_n as_o cat_n and_o mouse_n may_v cope_v in_o vision_n otherwise_o they_o hold_v little_a correspondence_n concern_v the_o authority_n of_o such_o fantastic_a shade_n ecclesiae_fw-la casaub_n praefat_fw-la de_fw-fr libert_n ecclesiae_fw-la wherewith_o the_o writing_n of_o friar_n be_v replenish_v more_o than_o with_o wisdom_n and_o learning_n quinrum_fw-la poenarum_fw-la celebres_fw-la sub_fw-la styge_a feriae_fw-la prudent_a bellar._n de_fw-mi purge_v l._n 2._o c._n 18._o sect._n ad_fw-la quinrum_fw-la it_o may_v be_v say_v as_o the_o turk_n do_v of_o papal_a indulgence_n grant_v by_o pius_n ii_o to_o such_o as_o take_v arm_n against_o he_o require_v his_o holiness_n to_o call_v in_o his_o epigram_n again_o and_o as_o casaubon_n of_o the_o late_a interdict_v against_o the_o venetian_a republic_n that_o it_o be_v dirum_fw-la carmen_fw-la and_o as_o bellarmine_n of_o prudentius_n appoint_v certain_a holy-day_n in_o hell_n for_o the_o damn_a soul_n to_o rest_n from_o their_o pain_n that_o he_o do_v but_o play_v more_o poetico_fw-la so_o these_o and_o many_o other_o vision_n of_o this_o stamp_n seem_v to_o i_o nothing_o else_o but_o the_o poetry_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n or_o a_o moral_a application_n of_o pious_a and_o useful_a fable_n thou_o see_v good_a reader_n no_o necessary_a cause_n why_o confession_n shall_v be_v so_o necessary_o urge_v and_o our_o church_n be_v the_o more_o spare_v and_o tender_a in_o impose_v any_o such_o absolute_a necessity_n upon_o these_o ground_n follow_v the_o first_o be_v person_n reasins_z why_o confession_n be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n in_o all_o case_n and_o over_o all_o person_n because_o auricular_a confession_n have_v not_o be_v practise_v continual_o in_o the_o church_n but_o be_v the_o daughter_n and_o successor_n of_o that_o which_o be_v public_o solemnize_v i_o speak_v not_o of_o confession_n in_o itself_o absolute_o consider_v which_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o lay_v down_o as_o a_o divine_a ordinance_n but_o of_o the_o clancular_a and_o privy_a carriage_n thereof_o to_o promove_v such_o end_n as_o be_v design_v in_o the_o roman_a church_n i_o say_v confession_n so_o understand_v be_v not_o of_o absolute_a necessity_n but_o of_o late_a introduction_n public_a exhomologesis_n be_v in_o ancient_a time_n hold_v such_o a_o sanctuary_n for_o trouble_a soul_n that_o not_o only_o scandalous_a sinner_n which_o be_v oblige_v thereunto_o but_o many_o beside_o come_v in_o and_o confess_v open_o their_o sin_n carry_v in_o secrecy_n and_o submit_v themselves_o to_o that_o discipline_n yea_o lap_n qui_fw-fr de_fw-fr fide_fw-la majore_fw-la &_o timore_fw-la meliore_fw-la erant_fw-la quamvis_fw-la nulla_fw-la sacrificii_fw-la aut_fw-la libelli_fw-la sacinore_fw-la constricti_fw-la apud_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la dei_fw-la dolenter_fw-la &_o simpliciter_fw-la confitentur_fw-la exomologesia_n conscientiae_fw-la suae_fw-la faciunt_fw-la animi_fw-la svi_fw-la poadus_fw-la exponunt_fw-la sâ—lutarem_fw-la medelam_fw-la paruis_fw-la licèt_fw-la &_o modicis_fw-la vulneribus_fw-la requirunt_fw-la cypr._n l._n 2._o the_o lap_n some_o devout_a christian_n not_o stain_v with_o incense_a unto_o idol_n or_o cast_v the_o holy_a scripture_n into_o the_o fire_n two_o scandal_n in_o those_o time_n purge_v with_o this_o discipline_n guilty_a only_o of_o lesser_a scar_n and_o grief_n grow_v ambitious_a of_o undergo_a this_o burden_n of_o public_a confession_n and_o penance_n and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o many_o a_o scoff_a ishmael_n chemnit_fw-la multi_fw-la verò_fw-la audientes_fw-la vel_fw-la exprobrant_fw-la vel_fw-la irridâ—nt_fw-la vel_fw-la malè_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la chemnit_fw-la and_o rail_a doeg_n begin_v to_o exprobrate_v and_o deride_v the_o penitent_n to_o this_o end_n therefore_o that_o the_o discipline_n may_v be_v carry_v in_o a_o discreet_a manner_n a_o prudent_a minister_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v make_v acquaint_v before_o hand_n and_o by_o who_o advice_n the_o penitent_n be_v direct_v what_o sin_n only_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v open_v in_o public_a confession_n and_o here_o be_v the_o first_o mention_n of_o confession_n to_o a_o private_a confessor_n with_o the_o occasion_n annex_v that_o he_o hear_v the_o story_n of_o a_o sinner_n life_n at_o large_a may_v select_v such_o offence_n only_o as_o seem_v to_o he_o fit_a for_o publication_n 293._o circumspice_fw-la diligentiùs_fw-la cvi_fw-la debeas_fw-la confiteri_fw-la peccatum_fw-la tuum_fw-la proba_fw-la priùs_fw-la medicum_fw-la si_fw-la iâ—tellâ—xerit_fw-la &_o praevidrit_fw-la talâ—m_fw-la esse_fw-la languorem_fw-la tuum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la torius_fw-la ecclesâ—ae_fw-la exponi_fw-la debeat_fw-la &_o curari_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la fortasis_fw-la caeteri_fw-la aedificari_fw-la poterunt_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la facilè_fw-la senari_fw-la multa_fw-la hoc_fw-la deliberatione_n &_o satis_fw-la perito_fw-la medici_n illius_fw-la consilio_fw-la procurandum_fw-la est_fw-la origen_n hom_n 2._o in_o ps_n 37._o tom_n 1._o p._n 293._o be_v circumspect_a say_v origen_n to_o who_o thou_o be_v to_o confess_v prove_v thy_o physician_n first_o and_o if_o he_o shall_v understand_v and_o forese_n thy_o disease_n to_o be_v such_o as_o aught_o to_o be_v expose_v in_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o church_n and_o there_o to_o be_v cure_v whereby_o peradventure_o other_o may_v be_v edify_v and_o thyself_o easy_o heal_v this_o must_v be_v do_v upon_o great_a deliberation_n and_o skilful_a advice_n of_o that_o physician_n private_a sin_n therefore_o bring_v in_o private_a confession_n to_o hear_v they_o by_o the_o way_n and_o to_o advise_v the_o penient_a whether_o they_o or_o only_o some_o of_o they_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v open_o know_v and_o in_o such_o case_n to_o direct_v he_o further_o what_o course_n he_o shall_v take_v in_o public_a penance_n but_o in_o process_n of_o time_n this_o rigour_n and_o devotion_n melt_v and_o many_o abstain_v from_o this_o confession_n as_o abhor_v to_o publish_v their_o sin_n and_o to_o bring_v themselves_o upon_o the_o stage_n for_o in_o tertullia_n age_n when_o this_o discipline_n be_v in_o force_n 10._o plerosque_fw-la hoc_fw-la opus_fw-la ut_fw-la publicationem_fw-la svi_fw-la aut_fw-la suffugere_fw-la aut_fw-la de_fw-la die_v in_o diem_fw-la differre_fw-la pudoris_fw-la magìs_fw-la memores_fw-la quam_fw-la salutis_fw-la tert_n de_fw-fr poenit_fw-la c._n 10._o and_o the_o church_n exercise_v with_o persecution_n it_o may_v seem_v strange_a that_o many_o shall_v be_v more_o in_o fear_n of_o shame_n than_o death_n abstain_v more_o from_o be_v confessor_n of_o their_o fault_n than_o martyr_n for_o the_o truth_n i_o say_v the_o remedy_n be_v not_o as_o in_o his_o day_n to_o arm_v the_o penitent_a with_o resolution_n for_o to_o trample_v under_o foot_n censure_n and_o shame_n but_o to_o remit_v something_o of_o the_o severity_n namely_o that_o the_o sin_n shall_v be_v confess_v in_o private_a and_o bury_v there_o 35._o ut_fw-la secretò_fw-la confiterontur_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la qui_fw-la licèt_fw-la crimen_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o fancy_n ecclesiae_fw-la non_fw-la proderet_fw-la injungebat_fw-la tamen_fw-la delinquenti_fw-la publicam_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la coram_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la confiteretur_fw-la &_o declaret_fw-la se_fw-la grave_n aliquid_fw-la commisisse_fw-la chemnit_fw-la ex_fw-la sozom_n n._n in_o histor_n tripartit_fw-la l._n 9_o c._n 35._o only_o the_o penance_n impose_v be_v public_o to_o be_v perform_v by_o which_o the_o church_n gather_v although_o she_o know_v it_o not_o that_o some_o grievous_a offence_n or_o other_o be_v commit_v as_o chemnitius_n explicate_v from_o sozomen_n and_o the_o tripartite_a history_n those_o who_o you_o observe_v to_o do_v penance_n say_v saint_n augustine_n have_v commit_v great_a sin_n 6._o illi_fw-la quos_fw-la videtis_fw-la agere_fw-la poenitentiam_fw-la scelera_fw-la sva_fw-la commâ—scrant_fw-la aut_fw-la adulteria_fw-la aut_fw-la alia_fw-la immania_fw-la facta_fw-la aug._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr symb_n ad_fw-la catechum_fw-la c._n 6._o as_o adultery_n or_o some_o other_o foul_a fact_n the_o penance_n by_o
their_o trust_n be_v commit_v the_o ministry_n of_o reconciliation_n of_o this_o key_n saint_n ambrose_n thus_o behold_v sin_n be_v forgive_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n 19_o ecce_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la peccata_fw-la donantur_fw-la homines_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o remission_n they_o peccatorum_fw-la ministerium_fw-la suum_fw-la exhibent_fw-la non_fw-la jus_o alicujus_fw-la potestatis_fw-la exercent_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o patris_fw-la &_o fihi_fw-la &_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la peccata_fw-la dimittuntur_fw-la isti_fw-la rogant_fw-la divinitas_fw-la donat_fw-la humanum_fw-la enim_fw-la obsequium_fw-la sed_fw-la munificentia_fw-la supernae_fw-la est_fw-la potestatis_fw-la ambr._n l._n 3._o de_fw-fr spir._n s._n cap._n 19_o but_o man_n contribute_v their_o ministry_n towards_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n but_o exercise_v no_o right_n of_o any_o power_n for_o sin_n be_v not_o remit_v in_o their_o name_n but_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o father_n the_o son_n aâ—d_v the_o holy_a ghost_n they_o supplicate_v and_o pray_v god_n grant_v and_o pardon_v the_o service_n be_v from_o man_n but_o the_o bounty_n from_o a_o high_a power_n so_o then_o the_o high_a power_n be_v the_o key_n of_o authority_n and_o the_o humane_a service_n be_v the_o key_n of_o ministry_n these_o several_a key_n be_v well_o know_v to_o scotus_n who_o write_v thus_o secunda_fw-la authoritas_fw-la judiciaria_fw-la sententiandi_fw-la coelum_fw-la huic_fw-la aperiendum_fw-la vel_fw-la apertum_fw-la esse_fw-la tripliciter_fw-la intâ—lligitur_fw-la 1._o authoritas_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la principalis_fw-la solius_fw-la dei_fw-la 2._o non_fw-la princâ—palis_fw-la sed_fw-la praecellens_fw-la solius_fw-la christi_fw-la quâ—tatum_fw-la ad_fw-la duplicem_fw-la prae_fw-la minentiam_fw-la 1._o unam_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o universaâ—itate_fw-la causarum_fw-la judicaâ—darum_fw-la 2._o aliam_fw-la in_o siâ—mitate_fw-la sementiae_fw-la dâ—siâ—itivae_fw-la &_o utraque_fw-la praeeminâ—nia_fw-la potest_fw-la conâ—nircilli_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la mâ—rita_fw-la &_o dâ—â—â—rita_fw-la novit_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la â—ausae_fw-la prope_a quas_fw-la coelunâ—st_fw-fr aperiendu_fw-fr well_fw-mi claudendun_v habet_fw-la etià _fw-la voluâ—taâ—en_fw-la inseparaâ—iliter_fw-la conformem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la divinae_fw-la propter_fw-la pâ—imun_fw-fr pure_a in_o omnibus_fw-la causis_fw-la sententiary_n quia_fw-la omâ—â—es_fw-la novit_fw-la propter_fw-la secuadum_fw-la potâ—st_fw-la ejuâ—_n sententia_fw-la sâ—aplicitâ—r_fw-la esse_fw-la fiâ—ma_fw-la &_o irrevocabilis_fw-la quia_fw-la semâ—er_fw-la justa_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la haec_fw-la clavis_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_n militante_n qâ—ia_fw-la nullus_fw-la in_o ecclesia_n novet_fw-la omnes_fw-la causaâ—â—udiciarias_fw-la nec_fw-la habet_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la imâ—nutabilitâ—r_fw-la justam_fw-la 3._o paâ—ticulaâ—is_fw-la quantâ—m_fw-la ad_fw-la causas_fw-la cognoscendas_fw-la &_o infirma_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ferendam_fw-la puta_fw-la quia_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fit_a aliquando_fw-la revocabilis_fw-la si_fw-la quando_fw-la praeter_fw-la lâ—gem_fw-la divinam_fw-la judicat_fw-la potest_fw-la ergò_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la una_fw-la clavis_fw-la coelum_fw-la aperiendi_fw-la sc_fw-la autoritas_fw-la sententiandi_fw-la particulariter_fw-la &_o non_fw-la irrevocabiliter_fw-la coelum_fw-la esse_fw-la apertum_fw-la scot._n l._n 4._o do_v 19_o sect._n haec_fw-la secunda_fw-la judicial_a authority_n in_o censure_v heaven_n to_o be_v open_a or_o to_o be_v open_v to_o any_o man_n or_o not_o be_v understand_v in_o a_o threefold_a sense_n 1._o as_o the_o most_o principal_a and_o absolute_a reside_v in_o god_n only_o 2._o not_o as_o the_o most_o principal_a but_o a_o very_a excellent_a authority_n appertain_v unto_o christ_n by_o a_o double_a preeminence_n which_o he_o have_v 1._o â—ver_n all_o cause_n as_o one_o who_o 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in_o ecclâ—sia_n say_v scotus_n in_o the_o church_n no_o not_o one_o but_o have_v a_o will_n subject_a to_o change_v the_o pope_n then_o that_o boast_v of_o the_o infallibility_n of_o his_o key_n either_o be_v not_o of_o the_o church_n or_o above_o it_o and_o as_o this_o schoolman_n have_v express_v the_o differential_a property_n of_o these_o key_n so_o a_o canonist_n the_o several_a title_n and_o person_n to_o who_o they_o appertain_v the_o key_n say_v he_o be_v tripartite_a 1._o of_o authority_n and_o that_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n alone_o who_o only_o forgive_v sin_n with_o authority_n 2._o of_o excellency_n which_o the_o man_n christ_n have_v insomuch_o that_o he_o without_o the_o sacrament_n can_v confer_v the_o effect_n and_o benefit_n of_o the_o sacrament_n 3._o of_o the_o ministry_n and_o this_o key_n be_v in_o the_o custody_n of_o the_o priest_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o they_o bound_v and_o loose_v the_o church_n then_o must_v rest_v content_v and_o good_a cause_n 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remission_n of_o sin_n and_o be_v not_o perhaps_o so_o punctual_a for_o private_a particular_a confession_n who_o belief_n that_o prelate_n censure_v for_o erroneous_a by_o the_o same_o man_n be_v ghostly_a father_n under_o a_o great_a penalty_n conjure_v to_o secrecy_n and_o silence_n that_o if_o at_o any_o time_n or_o by_o any_o mean_n or_o upon_o passion_n of_o hatred_n prohibemus_fw-la nullus_fw-la sacerdosirâ_fw-la odio_fw-la metu_fw-la etiam_fw-la mortis_fw-la audeat_fw-la detegere_fw-la quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la alicujus_fw-la conâ—â—ssionem_fw-la signo_fw-la motu_fw-la vel_fw-la verbo_fw-la generaliter_fw-la vel_fw-la specialiter_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la convictus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la sine_fw-la spereconciliationis_fw-la non_fw-la immeritò_fw-la debet_fw-la degradari_fw-la lin._n l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n prohibemus_fw-la or_o fear_v of_o death_n shall_v lay_v open_a by_o sign_n motion_n or_o word_n either_o general_o or_o special_o what_o 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learned_a penitentiary_n in_o every_o deanery_n to_o take_v the_o confession_n of_o the_o clergy_n reside_v within_o the_o same_o john_n straiford_n archbishop_n of_o canâ—urbury_n 1334._o a._n d._n 1334._o mcccxxxiv_o make_v a_o provisional_n law_n that_o priest_n shall_v not_o be_v cite_v juridical_o and_o thereby_o force_v either_o to_o detect_v such_o arcana_fw-la as_o they_o receive_v under_o the_o seal_n of_o confession_n infra_fw-la et_fw-la illis_fw-la ex_fw-la tunc_fw-la parochiani_fw-la peccata_fw-la renuunt_fw-la confiteri_fw-la lind._o l._n 2._o de_fw-la judiciis_fw-la c._n exclusis_fw-la &_o infra_fw-la or_o else_o offer_v violence_n to_o their_o conscience_n lest_o thereby_o parishioner_n may_v refuse_v to_o come_v to_o confession_n it_o seem_v equivocation_n mental_a reservation_n and_o such_o juggle_n devise_v to_o cheat_v justice_n be_v not_o up_o nor_o think_v on_o when_o this_o course_n be_v take_v that_o judge_n shall_v forbear_v to_o examine_v they_o the_o last_o of_o these_o metropolitan_o that_o make_v any_o law_n for_o confession_n be_v simon_n sudbury_n who_o be_v prefer_v to_o that_o eminency_n an._n mulicrum_fw-la confessiones_fw-la mulierum_fw-la audiantur_fw-la in_o propatulo_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la visum_fw-la non_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la auditum_fw-la moneantur_fw-la laici_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la quadragesimae_fw-la &_o â—ito_fw-la post_fw-la lapsum_fw-la confiteri_fw-la ne_fw-la peccatum_fw-la svo_fw-la pondere_fw-la ad_fw-la aliud_fw-la trahat_fw-la lind._o l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n confessiones_fw-la mulicrum_fw-la mccclxxv_o he_o ordain_v woman_n to_o be_v shrive_v in_o a_o open_a place_n where_o they_o may_v be_v see_v of_o all_o but_o not_o hear_v and_o to_o admonish_v the_o laity_n to_o repair_v unto_o confession_n every_o year_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o lent_n and_o while_o their_o sin_n be_v green_a in_o their_o memory_n lest_o the_o weight_n of_o one_o sin_n press_v they_o upon_o another_o he_o ordain_v likewise_o to_o confess_v and_o communicate_v three_o time_n a_o year_n viz._n at_o the_o three_o solemn_a feast_n of_o christmas_n easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n and_o to_o prepare_v themselves_o with_o such_o abstinence_n as_o the_o priest_n shall_v prescribe_v confessiones_fw-la prius_fw-la tamen_fw-la se_fw-la praeparent_fw-la per_fw-la aliquam_fw-la abstinentiam_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la sacerdotis_fw-la faciendam_fw-la vivens_fw-la ab_fw-la ingressu_fw-la ecclefiae_fw-la arceatur_fw-la &_o moriens_fw-la christianâ_fw-la careat_fw-la sepulturâ_fw-la lind._o l._n 5._o the_o poen_n &_o remis_fw-la c._n confessiones_fw-la and_o all_o and_o every_o such_o person_n as_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o confession_n and_o to_o the_o communion_n once_o a_o year_n at_o the_o least_o to_o be_v debar_v from_o enter_v into_o the_o church_n in_o his_o life_n time_n and_o after_o death_n his_o body_n not_o to_o be_v inter_v in_o christian_a burial_n by_o which_o constitution_n we_o see_v how_o other_o time_n be_v appoint_v for_o confession_n as_o well_o as_o easter_n but_o then_o chief_o require_v for_o four_o cause_n and_o at_o those_o time_n be_v confession_n require_v supra_fw-la 1._o ratione_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la sc_fw-la si_fw-la vult_fw-la celebrare_fw-la vel_fw-la communicare_fw-la vel_fw-la sacrum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la suscipere_fw-la etc._n etc._n 2._o ratione_fw-la periculi_fw-la si_fw-la est_fw-la in_o periculo_fw-la mortis_fw-la 3._o ratione_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la dictet_fw-la sibi_fw-la conscientia_fw-la quod_fw-la statim_fw-la teneatur_fw-la confiteri_fw-la 4._o ratione_fw-la dubii_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la nunc_fw-la habeat_fw-la confessoris_fw-la copiam_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la annum_fw-la non_fw-la habiturum_fw-la lindwood_n supra_fw-la say_v lindwood_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o sacrament_n whensoever_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v celebrate_v and_o receive_v so_o upon_o admission_n into_o holy_a order_n etc._n etc._n 2._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o danger_n or_o dread_n of_o death_n 3._o in_o respect_n of_o the_o conscience_n if_o a_o man_n heart_n shall_v tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v present_a need_n of_o confession_n 4._o if_o it_o be_v doubtful_a a_o confessor_n can_v be_v have_v within_o a_o year_n to_o take_v he_o while_o we_o may_v some_o of_o these_o canonical_a reason_n we_o have_v before_o examine_v and_o censure_v these_o be_v ecclesiastical_a constitution_n make_v by_o several_a churchman_n in_o their_o time_n 8.28_o a._n d._n 1533._o a_o book_n of_o religion_n entitle_v article_n devise_v by_o the_o king_n highness_n set_v forth_o a_o reg._n henrici_fw-la 8.28_o but_o when_o henry_n viii_o have_v wrest_v the_o supremacy_n of_o spiritual_a cause_n from_o foreign_a usurpation_n and_o annex_v it_o to_o the_o crown_n then_o for_o essay_n of_o that_o new_a authority_n be_v substitute_v a_o vicegerent_n for_o the_o clergy_n article_n of_o religion_n set_v forth_o and_o say_v to_o be_v devise_v by_o his_o highness_n which_o cause_v the_o commotion_n of_o the_o 228._o the_o april_n 28._o a_o r_o r._n hen._n 8.31_o hall_n chron._n p._n 228._o lincolnshire_n man_n and_o in_o a_o parliament_n hold_v at_o westminster_n be_v establish_v 224._o establish_v hall_n fol._n 224._o the_o act_n of_o the_o six_o article_n which_o be_v name_v the_o bloody_a statute_n and_o the_o whip_n of_o six_o string_n which_o draw_v so_o much_o blood_n upon_o poor_a christian_n and_o whereof_o auricular_a confession_n be_v one_o of_o the_o string_n the_o procurer_n of_o that_o draconical_a law_n together_o with_o the_o occasion_n thereof_o be_v particular_o describe_v by_o our_o ecclesiastical_a annalist_n mr_n john_n fox_n whoever_o be_v the_o chief_a doer_n therein_o ecclesiastical_a person_n be_v the_o chief_a sufferer_n the_o king_n upon_o some_o distaste_n to_o his_o clergy_n be_v willing_a to_o sharpen_v the_o edge_n of_o the_o law_n against_o they_o and_o his_o mind_n be_v know_v there_o want_v not_o abbetter_n to_o whet_v he_o thereunto_o so_o fearful_a be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o church_n if_o once_o remove_v from_o under_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o wing_n of_o the_o royal_a seepter_n and_o will_v soon_o become_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o little_a fox_n if_o the_o kingly-lion_n shall_v not_o protect_v and_o as_o in_o that_o prince_n day_n the_o truth_n begin_v to_o take_v place_n in_o the_o heart_n of_o many_o so_o that_o party_n which_o stand_v for_o the_o old_a mumpsimus_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o that_o embrace_v the_o new_a sumpsimus_fw-la 7._o adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la uno_fw-la codemque_fw-la lâ—co_fw-la &_o tempore_fw-la in_o pontificios_fw-la laqueo_fw-la &_o dilamationâ—_n &_o in_o protestant_n vivicomburio_fw-la saeâ—ir_n tur_fw-la cambd._n appar_n ad_fw-la elizabeth_n pag._n 6_o 7._o escape_v not_o the_o penalty_n of_o his_o rigorous_a statute_n that_o it_o be_v no_o strange_a spectacle_n to_o behold_v at_o once_o a_o protestant_n at_o the_o stake_n and_o a_o papist_n at_o the_o jailhouse_n by_o that_o law_n incontinency_n in_o priest_n and_o marriage_n be_v equal_o make_v felony_n and_o death_n in_o their_o person_n either_o to_o use_v the_o sin_n or_o the_o remedy_n and_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o clergy_n otherwise_o a_o privilege_n be_v to_o they_o a_o snare_n and_o that_o offence_n capital_a in_o churchman_n which_o then_o be_v scarce_o criminal_a in_o the_o laity_n
thy_o vineyard_n lay_v waste_v thy_o breast_n dry_v up_o thy_o common-prayer_n and_o administration_n of_o the_o sacrament_n lay_v aside_o and_o the_o glory_n of_o thy_o liturgy_n depart_v the_o dispenser_n of_o thy_o treasure_n disesteem_v and_o what_o hope_n can_v there_o be_v for_o the_o practice_n of_o this_o piety_n where_o the_o key_n and_o steward_n be_v despise_v or_o to_o enlarge_v thy_o rite_n where_o thy_o just_a claim_n be_v deny_v much_o less_o to_o promise_v the_o admission_n of_o this_o piece_n of_o discipline_n where_o the_o nerve_n of_o all_o thy_o ecclesiastical_a policy_n be_v dissolve_v where_o the_o garment_n of_o thy_o revenue_n be_v part_v among_o soldier_n and_o thy_o seamlesse_a coat_n of_o discipline_n which_o they_o spare_v rend_v by_o other_o though_o find_v they_o be_v that_o associate_v their_o endeavour_n to_o make_v up_o those_o breach_n but_o at_o a_o loss_n whereas_o no_o form_n will_v fit_v but_o what_o contex_v by_o thy_o bridegroom_n or_o his_o apostle_n and_o in_o all_o age_n continue_v upon_o thy_o back_n till_o strip_v by_o sacrilegious_a hand_n and_o deface_v great_a and_o manifold_a be_v the_o insinuation_n of_o the_o old_a serpent_n and_o his_o prevalency_n more_o by_o secret_a mining_n against_o god_n building_n than_o open_a force_n as_o not_o ignorant_a how_o ugly_a sin_n show_v in_o its_o own_o colour_n which_o he_o disguise_v under_o cunning_a intrigoe_n and_o appearance_n of_o virtue_n hispan_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eph._n 4.14_o et_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 6.11_o aslechançhas_n del_fw-it diablo_fw-mi bibl._n hispan_n which_o the_o apostle_n term_v the_o sleight_n of_o man_n and_o cunning_a craftiness_n and_o the_o wile_n of_o the_o devil_n ambush_n or_o entrap_a plot_n the_o clothe_n of_o heresy_n under_o scripture_n phrase_n be_v his_o old_a sophistry_n 35._o faetores_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la eloquii_fw-la velut_fw-la quodam_fw-la aromate_v aspergit_fw-la &_o austera_fw-la quaedam_fw-la temperaturus_fw-la pocula_fw-la priùs_fw-la ora_fw-la melle_fw-la circumlinit_fw-la vincent_n lyr._n contr_n haeres_fw-la cap._n 35._o as_o the_o honey_n use_v to_o besmeer_v the_o deadly_a cup_n that_o the_o poison_n may_v be_v more_o sweet_o devour_v thou_o that_o abhor_v idol_n do_v thou_o commit_v sacrilege_n 2.22_o rom._n 2.22_o where_o the_o abhor_a idol_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o overspreading_a sanctity_n but_o the_o commission_n of_o sacrilege_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o spoil_n of_o the_o church_n be_v the_o plot_a design_n a_o ancient_a and_o prudent_a historian_n be_v careful_a to_o advertise_v his_o reader_n of_o the_o wide_a distance_n betwixt_o the_o cause_n and_o occasion_n of_o war_n 3._o polybius_n lib._n 3._o and_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o cause_n why_o the_o sword_n be_v unsheathe_v shall_v be_v conceal_v till_o occasion_n of_o blow_n be_v offer_v the_o beginning_n whereof_o may_v probable_o be_v maintain_v whereas_o the_o real_a cause_n will_v make_v the_o undertaker_n ashamed_a some_o occasion_n may_v be_v tender_v to_o disgrace_v the_o clergy_n which_o censorious_a spirit_n ready_o seize_v on_o the_o design_n through_o their_o side_n be_v to_o wound_v the_o profession_n 1621._o neque_fw-la unquam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la status_fw-la ità _fw-la tranquillus_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la aliquod_fw-la fuerit_fw-la aliquando_fw-la dissidium_fw-la heming_n ad_fw-la principes_fw-la german_n apud_fw-la sleidan_n commenrar_fw-it l._n 9_o p._n 264._o argentorati_fw-la edit_fw-la a_o 1621._o though_o indirect_o and_o to_o heap_v contempt_n upon_o god_n own_o ordinance_n the_o heathen_a by_o the_o spectacle_n of_o nature_n can_v discern_v the_o priest_n to_o be_v worthy_a of_o honour_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n homer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o affront_v do_v to_o they_o to_o draw_v judgement_n upon_o the_o head_n of_o scorner_n who_o strive_v to_o render_v the_o father_n of_o the_o church_n scandalous_a have_v prove_v themselves_o ridiculous_a it_o will_v not_o be_v loss_n of_o time_n to_o view_v succinct_o what_o engine_n satan_n have_v plant_v and_o what_o mine_n have_v play_v to_o work_v his_o pleasure_n upon_o the_o church_n of_o god_n a_o double_a drift_n he_o have_v 1._o to_o make_v heretic_n of_o the_o unsettle_a religious_a 2._o and_o the_o profane_a person_n to_o become_v atheist_n render_v these_o of_o no_o religion_n and_o those_o of_o worse_a than_o none_o and_o in_o who_o person_n he_o despair_v to_o root_v out_o religion_n utter_o he_o move_v every_o stone_n how_o it_o may_v become_v vain_a and_o unserviceable_a by_o the_o erection_n of_o many_o though_o false_a and_o ridiculous_a like_o that_o valentinian_n college_n and_o gnostic_n of_o old_a bring_v in_o confusion_n under_o the_o title_n of_o religion_n tertul._n confusio_fw-la praedicatur_fw-la dum_fw-la religio_fw-la asseveratur_fw-la tertul._n wherein_o the_o rabble_n of_o rude_a invention_n exceed_v the_o poetry_n of_o the_o ancient_n paynim_n how_o pregnant_a this_o lie_a spirit_n be_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o his_o adherent_n the_o present_a monstrous-shapen_a heresy_n be_v open_a proof_n in_o who_o conceit_n religion_n seem_v like_o a_o crack_a mirror_n break_v in_o piece_n by_o their_o vain_a imagination_n and_o reflect_v multiply_v image_n of_o their_o conceit_a divinity_n as_o if_o the_o highway_n of_o the_o church_n be_v a_o walk_n too_o public_a and_o too_o much_o beat_v and_o their_o spawn_n good_a for_o nothing_o but_o to_o increase_v and_o multiply_v o_o how_o secure_a be_v those_o path_n fence_v with_o the_o authority_n of_o sacred_a scripture_n 20._o ab_fw-la apostolis_n traducem_fw-la fidei_fw-la &_o seminae_fw-la doctrinae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la mutuatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o quotidie_fw-la mutuantur_fw-la ut_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la fiant_fw-la tertul._n prescript_n contr_n haer_fw-mi c._n 20._o and_o the_o tradition_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n they_o be_v assure_o in_o the_o right_n who_o go_v after_o such_o direction_n 1._o fides_n munita_fw-la divinae_fw-la legis_fw-la authoritate_fw-la tum_fw-la deinde_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la catholicae_fw-la traditione_n vinc._n lyr._n cap._n 1._o as_o hand_n stay_v and_o guide_v by_o a_o rule_n draw_v straight_a line_n than_o those_o that_o be_v leave_v to_o their_o own_o will_n and_o motion_n 14._o fides_n in_o regula_fw-la posita_fw-la est_fw-la cedat_fw-la curiositas_fw-la fide_fw-la cedat_fw-la gloria_fw-la saluti_fw-la tertul._n prescript_n cap._n 14._o and_o albeit_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o multiplex_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o more_o than_o many-headed_a hydra_n of_o several_a opinion_n and_o harvest_n of_o numerous_a error_n may_v be_v esteem_v with_o machiavel_n confident_n a_o state_n policy_n to_o hurry_v the_o people_n and_o wheel_v they_o about_o with_o divers_a sect_n and_o new_a religion_n thereby_o multiply_v several_a claim_n and_o respective_a interest_n beget_v so_o many_o apartiment_n and_o special_a dependence_n yet_o those_o praetorian_a cohort_n devise_v at_o first_o for_o the_o safeguard_n of_o the_o roman_a emperor_n prove_v their_o confusion_n and_o ephraim_n may_v rise_v against_o manasses_n 9.21_o isai_n 9.21_o and_o both_o against_o judah_n in_o the_o mean_a space_n the_o dissension_n of_o heretic_n afford_v some_o peace_n to_o the_o labour_a church_n hilar._n bellum_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la est_fw-la paae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la hilar._n who_o from_o a_o firm_a rock_n behold_v at_o sea_n their_o storm_n and_o confuse_a struggle_n by_o no_o imposture_n do_v satan_n gain_v upon_o the_o church_n more_o than_o under_o that_o specious_a pretence_n of_o reformation_n divers_a good_a christian_n of_o religious_a humour_n as_o averse_a to_o abuse_n have_v lend_v too_o quick_a a_o ear_n to_o such_o zealous_a out_o cry_v and_o in_o sober_a truth_n as_o it_o be_v a_o necessary_a duty_n to_o cut_v off_o enormity_n and_o disriegled_a inordinance_n so_o a_o difficult_a office_n to_o carry_v a_o even_a hand_n where_o a_o business_n of_o that_o consequence_n desire_v to_o be_v undertake_v upon_o assure_a ground_n and_o to_o be_v unalterable_o preserve_v lest_o the_o remedy_n may_v be_v more_o nocent_a than_o the_o disease_n ordinary_a defect_n will_v better_a be_v charitable_o conceal_v than_o publish_v to_o a_o scandal_n beside_o ambitious_a heresy_n may_v lurk_v under_o this_o covert_n and_o such_o spirit_n of_o no_o great_a altitude_n at_o their_o high_a growth_n of_o place_n and_o preferment_n may_v attempt_v to_o trouble_v the_o water_n to_o advance_v their_o own_o interest_n and_o who_o in_o the_o old_a form_n be_v but_o the_o tail_n may_v become_v the_o head_n in_o the_o new_a classis_fw-la if_o we_o still_o continue_v sceptic_n in_o the_o settlement_n of_o church_n and_o doctrine_n without_o the_o attainment_n of_o any_o period_n 10._o tertul._n prescript_n cap._n 10._o ubi_fw-la erit_fw-la finis_fw-la quaerendi_fw-la ubi_fw-la statio_fw-la credendi_fw-la ubi_fw-la expunctio_fw-la inveniendi_fw-la when_o will_v there_o be_v a_o end_n of_o quarrel_v a_o standard_n of_o faith_n or_o a_o full_a point_n of_o enquiry_n it_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o queen_n